Radiation hot spots have been found at the J-Village sports facility in Fukushima where the Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch relay will begin, Greenpeace Japan says.
Greenpeace says it detected radiation levels 1,775 times higher than prior to the 2011 Fukushima disaster
J-Village, located near the damaged nuclear power plant, is a national soccer training complex which was also used as an operation baseGreenpeace's survey found radioactivity readings taken at J-Village on October 26 as high as 71 microsieverts per hour at surface level. People are exposed to natural radiation of 2,000 to 3,000 microsieverts a year, so anyone staying in the vicinity of J-Village for two or more days could be exposed to more than the natural yearly exposure.
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